29 things you should do before turning 30

"Travel more. When you're in your 20s, you have less things tying you down. Move multiple times, travel a ton, open yourself up to the world; it is the best teacher and investment." — Samantha D.

"Travel more. When you're in your 20s, you have less things tying you down. Move multiple times, travel a ton, open yourself up to the world; it is the best teacher and investment." — Samantha D.

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"Travel more. When you're in your 20s, you have less things tying you down. Move multiple times, travel a ton, open yourself up to the world; it is the best teacher and investment." — Samantha D.

"Travel more. When you're in your 20s, you have less things tying you down. Move multiple times, travel a ton, open yourself up to the world; it is the best teacher and investment." — Samantha D.

Photo: Jordan Siemens, Getty Images

29 things you should do before turning 30

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After twenty-one, the next milestone birthday is thirty. It's the end of a decade, yes, but for many of today's twenty-somethings, it's also come to symbolize the true beginning of "have-it-together" adulthood.

If your twenties are for experimenting and having fun, then by your thirties you should have it all figured out. Relationship? Check. Steady job? Check. Kids? House? 401K? Check, check, check.

But anyone older than twenty-nine knows that life is not nearly so neat, and defining who you are is just as important at twenty as it is at sixty. Even so, the big 3-0 continues to cause angst.

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The question led to more than 380K views and nearly 100 answers, quite a few of which encouraged the asker to stop with the 30th birthday pressure. The rest of the answers were varied, throughtful and, not surprisingly, applicable at nearly any age.

So whether you're 25, 52 or 99, click through the gallery for some solid life advice and add your own below.